it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.

The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the little creatures of the air and meadow were life incarnate, from sheer joy of living? Who among us has not come home, singing, when the streets were almost impassable with snow, or met a friend with a happy, smiling face, in the midst of a pouring rain?

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.